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There’s some evidence that marriage education helps couples stick together. A study published in 2006 in the Journal of Family Psychology linked taking marriage education classes before tying the knot to higher satisfaction and commitment in marriage, less conflict and reduced chances of divorce, regardless of couples’ race, income or education. Researchers, led by the University of Denver’s Scott Stanley, acknowledged that couples who choose to take premarital education probably already have more of the social support, skills and commitment required for a satisfying marriage; that is, they’re a self-selecting group. However, the researchers controlled for a wide range of related variables in the random sample of 3,000 adults, and concluded the effects were too significant to be accounted for entirely by self-selection.